commonplace
Meaning of commonplace
adjective
- not unusual; ordinary.
unemployment was commonplace in his trade
- a usual or ordinary thing.
bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there
- a notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book.
mid 16th century (originally common place ): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.
Information about commonplace
- The plural form of commonplace is: commonplaces.
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Hyphenation of commonplace
com-mon-place
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- commonplace is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
commonplace synonyms
Meaning humdrum:
Meaning banal:
banal, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite
Meaning platitude:
Meaning not interesting or exceptional; commonplace:
Meaning belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream:
Meaning not particularly interesting or surprising:
Meaning not out of the ordinary; usual:
Meaning lacking distinction; unexceptional:
Meaning lacking in imagination or originality:
Meaning not exciting; dull:
Meaning not memorable:
Meaning easily forgotten, especially through being uninteresting or mediocre:
Meaning neither good nor bad; mediocre:
Meaning mediocre; not very good:
Meaning of only average quality; not very good:
Meaning lacking inspiration or excitement; dull:
Meaning lacking interest or excitement:
Meaning lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting:
Meaning not arousing curiosity or interest:
Meaning lacking interest or excitement; dull:
Meaning ordinary or everyday; mundane:
Meaning showing a lack of originality; based on frequently repeated phrases or opinions:
Meaning able to be predicted:
Meaning used too much:
Meaning (of food) overcooked:
Meaning (of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength:
Meaning no longer new and interesting or exciting:
Meaning lacking originality; derivative:
Meaning imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason:
Meaning having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard:
Meaning trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental:
Meaning lacking originality; hackneyed:
Meaning bad-tempered or difficult to deal with:
Meaning trite and sentimental:
Meaning occurring, found, or done often; prevalent:
Meaning conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected:
Meaning habitually or typically occurring or done; customary:
Meaning often encountered or experienced; common:
Meaning performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason:
Meaning used or accepted as normal or average:
Meaning done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday:
Meaning arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances:
Meaning occurring or done many times at short intervals:
Meaning done constantly or as a habit:
Meaning based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed:
Meaning having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing:
commonplace antonyms
Meaning exceptionally good:
Meaning present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest:
Meaning not habitually or commonly occurring or done:
Translation of commonplace
- German: banal, abgenutzt, abgedroschen, ausgelutscht, Klischee, Banalität, Plattitüde, Binsenweisheit
- Portuguese: banal, chavão, cliché
- French: rebattu, banal, cliché
- Spanish: sobado, sabido, sabida, sobada, trillado, trillada, manido, manida, banal, cliché
- Italian: trito, banale, stravecchio, cliché
Words that rhyme with commonplace
lace, impalace, palace, stalace, Lovelace, anelace, belace, bridelace, curtelace, delace, relace, shoelace, Glace, demiglace, Silace, antimilace, filace, necklace, Wallace, bullace, fallace, anlace, enlace, inlace, unlace, Colace, solace, Laplace, Place, WorkPlace, anyplace, aplace, biplace, birthplace, byplace, deplace, displace, emplace, everyplace, farmplace, fireplace, foreplace, homeplace, interplace, marketplace, misplace, monoplace, noplace, outplace, overplace
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